Plerergate
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A plerergate is a polymorph of an ant, also known as a replete or rotund, characterized by an enlarged abdominal area (the crop of the gullet) for the purpose of food storage.[1] This occurs in honey ants.[2]
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- ^ antbase.org
- ^ Entomological Society of America (1908). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Entomological Society of America. pp. 47.
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